Landscape with Figures
1905 · Watercolor on paper
9 5/8 x 13 3/8" (24.4 x 34 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Henri-Edmond Cross
Artist
PrintmakingPointillism
Representation
None documented
11
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
15
Assets Indexed
0
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0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
- • Pointillism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Impresario: Ambroise Vollard
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1977
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The "Wild Beasts": Fauvism and Its Affinities
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
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Ways of Looking
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1971
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Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1965
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Selections from the Art Lending Service
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1960
About
Why this artist matters now
Henri-Edmond Cross was a French painter and a leading figure in the Neo-Impressionist movement, working primarily in oil on canvas with the systematic dot-and-dash brushwork of Divisionism. Active from the 1880s until his death in 1910, he developed a distinctive approach to landscape and seascape that emphasized luminous color harmonies and atmospheric effects. His work bridged Post-Impressionism and early modernism, influencing subsequent generations of colorists through his rigorous application of optical theory to Mediterranean and coastal subjects.
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Pointillism
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Museum of Modern Art
New York, US
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Art Institute of Chicago
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National Gallery of Art
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